Estes Park Trail-Gazette

Ride Easy Pard: Spans or teams of horses

One of the favorite things was being able to watch teams or spans of horses driven by my dad’s haying crew. He contracted the ...
Missoulian

Stacking hay Montana-style: Beaverslide and horses showcased at historic ranch

DEER LODGE — The iconic beaverslide hay stacker was invented in 1908 in Montana's Big Hole Valley, not far from Missoula. Named after Beaverhead County in which the valley sits, they're so effective ...
Billings Gazette

Family stacks hay the old way

AVON - It's been nearly a century since Bill McIntosh's ancestors began gathering about this time of year in the dining room of the family's two-story farmhouse to prepare for a long day in the ...
NBC Montana

Buckrakes and Beaverslides, haying the old-fashioned way in Wise River

WISE RIVER, Mont. — On a cold, March day in 2021, Montana Moment featured a Wise River ranch family that uses draft horses and sleds to feed their cattle. This summer,NBC Montana returned to the ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Early hay balers used strength of horses

It's summer. Fields throughout western Colorado have been cut, and the hay baled, using various forms of modern technology — small bales, large bales, round and square bales, stack wagons and people ...
Missoulian

True to the beaverslide - Avon ranching family proudly carries on haystack tradition

AVON - It's been nearly a century since Bill McIntosh's ancestors began gathering about this time of year in the dining room of the family's two-story farmhouse to prepare for a long day in the ...